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By Larry, July 28, 2016 11:53 am

Rulie Garcia

Listen/Download – Rulie Garcia and the East LA Congregation – Que Pasa (What’s Happening) MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is nigh, and so then is the Funky16Corners Radio Show, which drops each and every Friday with the best in funk, soul, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl. You can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, check it out on Mixcloud, or grab yourself an MP3 here at the blog.

If you follow Funky16Corners, Iron Leg or the podcasts associated with either blog, you have probabky heard me going on about my love for the East LA Chicano music scene of the 60s and 70s.

The most famous proponents of the sound, groups like Cannibal and the Headhunters, Thee Midniters, the Premiers, El Chicano and the Village Callers, are known for their mixing of Latino music, rock, R&B and soul and making some extremely cool records.

I have made chasing down and collecting these records a minor sideline (minor, since some of these 45s and LPs are extremely rare) and try to discover as much as I can about the musicians.

Today’s selection is a record by one of the busiest, yet more mysterious characters on the East LA scene, Rulie Garcia, aka Johnny Chingas, aka The Brown Brothers of Soul.

You can Google him all you like, but aside from the records his made, there’s not a lot of info out there about him.

It would appear that his real name was Raul Garcia, and that he was recording – at least as a sideman – as early as the late 1950s.

He recorded music under all of the names listed above (including the East LA Hammond classic ‘Cholo’ on Specialty in 1971) and was especially active in the 80s (he died in 1992, only 52 years old).

The record I bring you today is the last of three singles he recorded for United Artists in 1972 and 1973 as Rulie Garcia and the East LA Congregation.

‘Que Pasa (What’s Happening)’ is – like much of his other work – a celebration of low rider culture.

The song features a funky beat, fuzz guitar, lots of Latin percussion and Garcia’s raspy growl.

Though none of his records made the national charts, there is evidence that he had a significant following in Southern California, selling tons of records locally, some on his own Billionaire label.

That all said, if you head on over to Youtube and seek out the sounds associated with his various and sundry aliases, you will discover that he played all kinds of music.

I hope you dig the track, and keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for more East LA stuff in the future.

See you on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 26, 2016 11:23 am

Jimmy Smith: The Master Wrestling With the Monster

Listen/Download – Jimmy Smith – Chain of Fools Pt1 MP3

Greetings all.

I was wandering through the hallways of the windmills of the caverns of my iPod and it occurred to me that we could all stand a dose of some midweek Hammond.

Who better to whup a little B3 on us all that the elevated past master of the organ, the mighty Jimmy Smith.

Smith is an interesting character in the annals of the Hammond – at least as far as organ 45 nuts like me go – because while he is the best known of the instruments proponents from the classic era, and recorded both as a straight ahead jazzer and a soul jazz/funk guy, he hasn’t ever really been my go-to guy for heavy, really greasy organ sides.

This has a lot to do with the fact that while a master musician, Smith was also probably the most mainstream organist of his time, with long associations with both Blue Note and Verve records. He was prolific, and fairly good-selling, so his records pop up a lot more commonly than most of his contemporaries.

He was also consistently an LP artist – thanks to his major label gigs – so he wasn’t dependent on, or laying his best stuff down for, the 45RPM format (as opposed to a guy like Hank Marr who did some of his best stuff on the smaller discs).

That said, he was no slouch, and when he wanted to he could dish out the grits and gravy with the best of them.

One of my fave Smith 45s is his version of the Don Covay (and Aretha Franklin, naturally) classic ‘Chain of Fools’ from his 1968 LP ‘Stay Loose’, on the cover of which he is inexplicably dressed in skydiving gear, and jumping up and down (though his previous album ‘Respect’ had him doing karate poses in a gi, so maybe it was in his contract).

Featuring snappy, in the pocket drums by Grady Tate and some very tasty guitar from a moonlighting Phil Upchurch (the LP was recorded in NYC), as well as a female backing chorus, Smith wails on the tune, managing to (in this first of two-parts) really do the track justice.

As Hammond 45s go, ‘Chain of Fools’ is pretty hot, and I’m sure it got more than a few feet moving when their owners dropped a nickel in the jukebox.

It would also seem that ‘Chain of Fools’ had some success (it charted locally in New York) since it was repressed a bunch of times and even got a European release.

So, if by some strange coincidence this is the first time you’ve heard Smith’s stuff (which I doubt, but bear with me) head out to your nearest used record store, garage sale or flea market and add some more Jimmy Smith to your crates, though a truckload of his Blue Note and Verve titles are available digitally, as well.

So dig it, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 24, 2016 12:13 pm

The Mad Lads

Listen/Download – The Mad Lads -No Time Is Better Than Right Now MP3

Greetings all.

Before we start, if you haven’t checked out last week’s mix, ‘Testify’, please do so and pass it along.

The tale of “sometimes a record just sneaks up and knocks you on your ass” is one as old as time (and one that has been told in this space many a time).

That said, it bears retelling with every new incident because, a. a new record is involved, and b. that feeling of discovery/gratitude is such a gas.

The record in question this fine day was brought to my attention by my man Tarik Thornton (a giant among collectors/selectors and a righteous dude in all other ways) who included it in his guest mix ‘To Russia With Love’, right here, last September.

The song was ‘No Time Is Better Than Right Now’ by the Mad Lads.

I can remember vividly my feelings the first time I heard this song, starting with the usual “Where has this been all my life?”, followed by “Where can I get my own copy?” and then “Holy shit, what a cool tune!”.

‘No Time Is Better Than Right Now’ – written by Stax bassist Allen Jones and produced by no less a light than drumming master Al Jackson, Jr. (who had quite a sideline producing artists like Albert King, The Bar-Kays and Johnny Taylor for Stax), is a remarkable mix of heavy beat (which presages the feel of New Jack Swing), brilliantly applied harmony vocals (the way the Mad Lads soar into falsetto during the chorus is a thing of beauty), horns and funky piano.

That this wondrous song languished on the B-side of a minor R&B hit (Whatever Hurts You) and was never included on one of the group’s albums is criminal.

I mean, what were the folks at Stax thinking? Surely 1967 was a banner year for the label, and sometimes even great records get lost in the shuffle, but honestly, ‘No Time Is Better Than Right Now’ is so different, so tuneful, so artfully arranged and produced, so joyful a representation of where Memphis soul was (and was going), its obscurity boggles the mind.

The Mad Lads were formed at Booker T Washington High School in Memphis by John Gary Williams, Julius E. Green, William Brown and Robert Phillips and recorded for Stax/Volt between 1964 and 1973.

This record features a different lineup of the group – Sam Nelson, Quincy Billups, Julius Green and Robert Phillips – that recorded when John Gary Williams was in the Army.

I have no idea who did the arrangement, though I would be shocked to discover that it was anyone but Jackson on the drums (that swinging, sock soul sound was like no other).

The group released more than a dozen 45s and three LPs during their first incarnation.

None of the group’s records are terribly expensive (though their debut 45, and their LPs, especially the second one can be pricey), with this one usually gettable for around 20-25 bucks.

It’s a killer 45, and I hope you dig it as much as I do.

See you on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 17, 2016 11:19 am

Here Comes Pigmeat!

Listen/Download -Pigmeat Markham – The Hip Judge MP3

Greetings all.

It’s summer. We’re all hot and sweaty. We sit stupefied, watching the droplets of humidity run down the outside of our beer, swatting flies away.

What better time to strip the gears with something funky?

If you’re anywhere pre-middle age, it’s unlikely that the name Pigmeat Markham will ring a bell.

He was born near the beginning of the last century, and started in show business right around the end of World War One, but he managed to put his name – and his growl – on the 45 you see before you today, in 1968.

Dewey ‘Pigmeat’ Markham was a comedian who got his start in the vaudeville era and was a very popular comedianon the chitlin circuit, plying his trade for almost exclusively black audiences for most of his career.

It was only in 1968, when Sammy Davis Jr went on Laugh-In and worked it out to one of Markham’s best known routines, ‘Here Come the Judge!’ that Pigmeat (momentarily) broke through to a much wider audience.

As far as I can tell, Markham first recorded the routine in the early 60s for Chess, but had been doing it on stage for years.

Sammy made the routine viral (by 1968 standards) and there was a veritable ‘Judge’ craze, with a grip of records (funk, soul and pop), all kinds of ephemera, and last but not least, the resurgence of the career of Pigmeat Markham.

Chess put some of their finest to work,and before you know it, ole Pig (64 years old!) was trampling the charts, his ‘Here Comes the Judge’ making it to the R&B Top 5, Pop Top 20 in the US and the UK!

His follow up single (the record you see before you today) found him in the studio with Gene Barge, working it out on songs written by Maurice Dollison (aka Cash McCall), Maurice McCallister of the Radiants, and Barge.

‘The Hip Judge’ features grooving bass, tight drums, saxophone, and Pigmeat’s ‘singing’. The extent of the singing isn’t too far removed from your average Jerry-O record, reduced to comedic interjections and interaction with the backing singers.

That said, the 45 is quite funky and an excellent entry into the ‘Funky Judge’ discography.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you all on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 14, 2016 10:53 am

Fred Hughes

Listen/Download -Fred Hughes – Can’t Make It Without You MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is here and so is the Funky16Corners Radio Show, coming to you each and every Friday with the best in funk, soul, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl. You can dig the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, check it out on Mixcloud, or grab an MP3 right here at the blog.

The record I bring you today yet more evidence of the importance of Chicago soul.

Fred Hughes is best known for his big 1965 hit ‘Oo Wee Baby, I Love You’ (a big fave here at Funky16Corners). He recorded for a couple of (mostly Chicago-based) labels in the 60s, including Vee-Jay, Cadet, Wand and Brunswick, racking up a few more R&B hits in 1968 and 1969.

The tune I bring you today was – aside from some minor local Chitown airplay for the flipside – ignored at the time, but is one of the best things he ever did.

‘Can’t Make It Without You’ was assembled by a Chicago soul all-star team. Written by Richard Parker (who wrote ‘Oo Wee Baby, I Love You’ as well as ‘Just Like the Weather’ for Nolan Chance and ‘The Bird’ for the Dutones), produced by Gerald Sims, who had produced sides for the Artistics, Major Lance, Walter Jackson and Otis Leavill among others, ‘Can’t Make It Without’ you is a slow-building masterpiece of moody soul. The arrangement comes on gradually, with some beautiful vibes and string accents, and a great vocal by Hughes, who is joined by female backing singers in the chorus.

There are some echoes of his big hit, but not enough to take away from the greatness of this record.

The flipside, ‘Come Home Little Darlin’ is also excellent.

As far as I can tell, Hughes’ work has never been compiled in one place, which is a damn shame. Hopefully someone out there will get on the stick and put it together.

I hope you dig the tune, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 12, 2016 11:04 am

Jackey Beavers and Johnny Bristol

Listen/Download -Johnny and Jackey – Someday We’ll Be Together MP3

Greetings all.

The tune I bring you today is the fruit of one of my (many) personal obsessions, that being the – often forgotten – original versions of songs.

I have to admit that I was ignorant of the roots of the 1969 hit by Diana Ross and the Supremes until hearing today’s selection on a satellite radio countdown a few years ago.

It wasn’t so shocking that the song had been recorded before, but rather that even in 1961, that familiar guitar figure was right out there in front.

Johnny Bristol and Jackey Beavers were two southern transplants to Detroit (Bristol from North Carolina, Beavers from Georgia) who would both have long careers writing and recording well into the 1970s, with Bristol having a string of R&B hits.

The duo recorded a string of 45s for Anna and Tri-Phi between 1959 and 1962, having a minor pop hit with ‘Lonely and Blue’ in 1960.

They wrote (with the great Harvey Fuqua) ‘Someday We’ll Be Together’ and recorded it in 1961.

The record opens with the solitary sound of maraccas, soon joined by a booming, picked guitar line (recreated on the Supremes record with guitar and strings), then by their voices. The arrangement is spare, but Bristol and Beavers’ voices really carry it. It’s a refreshing experience to juxtapose it with the Supremes hit.

The duo split up when Tri-Phi (and its publishing) was swallowed by Motown , with Beavers going off on his own and both Fuqua and Bristol joining the larger label.

Apparently Bristol was working on recording the song with Jr Walker and the All Stars when Berry Gordy decided to give the song to Diana Ross (who was on the verge of leaving the Supremes to go solo). The record ended up being the last Supremes hit with Ross on lead, going on to hit Number One on both the R&B and Pop charts.

The song was covered again in 1970 for the country market (where it was a Top 10 hit) by Bill Anderson and Jan Howard (check it out over at Iron Leg).

I hope you dig the tune, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 10, 2016 1:38 pm

Sandy Wynns aka Edna Wright

Listen/Download -Sandy Wynns – Love Belongs To Everyone MP3

Greetings all.

One of my favorite things, is when I start to research a record in one place and find myself carried away by the current in a completely different direction.

I first heard of Sandy Wynns years ago, via her Northern Soul fave ‘A Touch of Venus’. It is a storming, stylish number written and produced by West Coast pop genius Ed Cobb (who also made some beautiful 45s with Gloria Jones).

I picked up the 45 you see before you today on the strength of that record, and I was not disappointed.

So when I pulled it out of the box to write up here on the blog, I figured I was just going to rave about another obscure but wonderful 45 and that – as they say – would be that.

Then I started looking for information and the story became a lot more interesting.

‘Sandy Wynns’ as it turns out was a pseudonym for a Los Angeles singer named Edna Wright.

Edna Wright, was the sister of none other than Darlene Love. She recorded alongside Love in the Crystals and the Blossoms, and then a few years after putting the ‘Sandy Wynns’ name to rest, went on to be the lead vocalist in the Honey Cone!

Wright recorded a handful of 45s for west coast labels like Champion and Canterbury between 1964 and 1967.

‘Love Belongs To Everyone’ was her follow-up to ‘A Touch of Venus’ in 1964 and it takes the promise of that record to another level entirely.

The arrangement (by Lincoln Mayorga) is a stunner, with a relentless rhythm section led by a chiming rhythm guitar, and subtly applied horns moving things along at a brisk place. The song is filled with hooks and Wynns/Wright’s vocal is just beautiful.

Cobb’s production is fantastic, letting the instrumental power come through without getting in the way of Wynns’ voice.

The flipside, ‘Yes I Really Love You’ is very cool too, with a repeated refrain that sounds like it was lifted from the backing vocals to the Supremes ‘Come See About Me’.

It really boggles the mind that a record like this wasn’t a hit. You look at someone like Cobb, who followed this in 1965 with both ‘Tainted Love’ and ‘Heartbeat’ for Gloria Jones, both of a similar high quality, and both met with the same commercial indifference. Fortunately, fame would catch up with Wright with the Honey Cone, who would have nine R&B and Pop hits between 1969 and 1972.

It’s a great record, and I hope you dig it as much as I do.

See you on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 7, 2016 10:43 am

Little Joe Cook

Listen/Download -Little Joe Cook and the Thrillers – Funky Hump MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is near so I will remind you once again to check out the Funky16Corners Radio Show, which drops each and every Friday with the best in funk, soul, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl. You can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, check it out on Mixcloud or grab yourself an MP3 right here at Funky16Corners.com.

Today’s selection is by another one of those groups with roots that lead back into the early days of R&B and doowop.

Little Joe Cook was a Philly-based singer who got his start in gospel in the 1940s, moving into secular music and forming the Thrillers in the early 50s. Little Joe Cook and the Thrillers went on to have R&B hits for Okeh with ‘Let’s Do the Slop’ in 1956 and then their biggest hit ‘Peanuts’ in 1957.

Cook also managed his daughter’s group the Sherrys who had a hit with ‘Pop Pop Pop-Pie’ in 1962.

The Thrillers continued to release 45s for labels like 20th Century, Reprise, Fury and Loma through the 60s.

I haven’t been able to date today’s selection definitively but it sounds like it would fall nicely sometime between 1969 and 1971. Released on the Philadelphia-based Soultown label (and as far as I can tell their only release) ‘Funky Hump’ sees Little Joe Cook and the Thrillers getting funky (of course…). The tune has a very groovy rhythm guitar figure repeated through the song, with a cool dance craze lyric delivered by Cook.

Cook retired in 2007 and passed away in 2014 at the age of 91.

I hope you dig the tune, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 3, 2016 11:22 am

Sir Mack Rice

Listen/Download – Sir Mack Rice – Mustang Sally MP3

Listen/Download – Sir Mack Rice – I Gotta Have My Baby’s Love MP3

Listen/Download – Sir Mack Rice – Love Sickness MP3

Greetings all.

As I said on Friday (yes, we’re bookending the weekend with obits) the giants of classic soul are falling at an alarming rate, and we were reminded of this last week with the passing of the mighty Sir Mack Rice.

Born Bonny Rice in Mississippi in 1933, by the 1950s he had relocated to Detroit where he would join one of the most important early soul groups, the Falcons, which would be home to singers like Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd, and Joe Stubbs (brother of Levi and an unsung hero of Motor City soul).

Rice is best remembered to the general public today as the author of ‘Mustang Sally’, one of the most ubiquitous of all classic 1960s soul tunes, via the hit by Wilson Pickett, and then its revival on the wedding circuit in the cover by the Commitments.

Rice was unusual in that the importance of his career is split pretty evenly between his work as a singer and songwriter.

He made a number of excellent 45s over the years for Blue Rock, Stax, Atco, Capitol and Truth, as well as writing songs for artists like the Staple Singers (Respect Yourself), Rufus Thomas (Breakdown, Funky Penguin) and others.

Rice had a smooth, tenor voice with a Southern twang, and considering the excellence of his songs, should have been a much bigger deal in his day. Sadly he only had two R&B hits in his career, Mustang Sally in 1965 and Coal Man in 1969.

The tracks I bring you today are my faves by Rice. I would have been remiss were I not to begin with the original (and little heard these days) version of Mustang Sally.

Produced by no less a light than Andre Williams, Rice’s version is very cool, yet it’s easy to see how Pickett’s incomparable, powerful voice grabbed the attention of the public.

The next two tracks are both sides of Rice’s second Stax 45 (and the last in his first stint with the label), ‘I Gotta Have My Baby’s Love’ and ‘Love Sickness’.

Yet another entry in the “how was this not a hit’ sweepstakes, I first encountered ‘I Gotta Have My Baby’s Love’ tucked away on an old Jerry Blavat comp from the 60s (the Geater had excellent taste). It’s a fast moving bit of classic Stax, co-written by Sir Mack and Booker T and the MGs. It features some blazing horns, remarkably heavy drums and great piano.

The flipside, ‘Love Sickness’ finds it self closer to mid-tempo, and features a very groovy chorus and some interesting chord changes.

Sir Mack Rice, despite that fact that his work is best known to soul collectors, was an important part of the machinery of 60s soul.

He will be missed.

See you all on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, June 28, 2016 11:12 am

McKinley Jackson

Listen/Download – McKinley Jackson and the Politicians – Love Machine Pt1 MP3

Listen/Download – McKinley Jackson and the Politicians – Love Machine Pt2 MP3

Greetings all.

I’d like to start by thanking everyone that participated in the Funky16Corners 2016 Allnighter/Pledge Drive, either as a donor or selector. Your generosity continues to inspire me, and helps the podcast, blog and archives up and running.

The drawing for the M-Tet 45 will be announced on Friday.

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The world of funk and soul is filled with stars, but they wouldn’t be anything without the studio bands that provided the foundation for much of their music.

Groups like the Funk Brothers (Motown and many smaller Detroit labels), the Philly rhythm section/MFSB who can be heard on just about everything that came out of Philadelphia for a decade, the Chess/Cadet house band, and today’s artists, McKinley Jackson and the Politicians.

Jackson had been a Detroit trombone player and arranger (working on records for folks like Lee Rogers, the Fabulous Peps, Ortheia Barnes and Gloria Taylor) who followed Holland/Dozier/Holland when they went left Motown to form Invictus/Hotwax, eventually leading the house band for those labels (the Politicians).

Jackson and the Politicians recorded and album for Hotwax in 1971 and went on to have a minor R&B hit with the fuzz-guitar led ‘Free Your Mind’.

Though the Politicians were mainly and instrumental outfit, they brought in songwriter, producer and Invictus/Hotwax A&R man Ron Dunbar on vocals for part one of today’s selection ‘Love Machine’.

Unlike most of their album, which is composed of fairly hard edged funk, ‘Love Machine’ is pure early 70s soul with a style that was aimed (however unsuccessfully) at the charts.

‘Love Machine’ was actually the first single released by the Politicians, and I’m surprised that it wasn’t a hit. It’s a great song, with plenty of hooks and a great vocal by Dunbar, and the instrumental take (which also appeared as the B-side to ‘Free Your Mind’) on the flipside is cool as well.

Their album is outstanding (and expensive) funk and well worth tracking down.

I hope you dig the sounds and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, June 26, 2016 11:33 am

Seven Souls – Groove In (Venture)
Sam and the Soul Walkers – Soul Walk (Trans-American)
Jimmy (Preacher) Ellis and the Odd Fellows – (C’Mon) Dance To the Drum Beat (Kris)
Floyd Smith – Soul Strut (Dakar)
King Solomon – Louisiana Groove (Cadillac)
Obie Plenty – Beef Stew (Verve)
Sam Rhodes – Shake Your Soul Honey (Capitol)
Chuck Bridges and the LA Happening – Bad Sam (Vault)
Sam Moultrie – Funky Jerk (Roulette)
Alvin Cash and the Hundred Dollar Bills – Party Time (Seventy Seven)
Dynamic Eight – Sardines and Turnip Greens (Atlantic)
Versatile Gents – You’ve Blown My Mind Pt2 (Linco)
Leon Haywood – Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (Atlantic)
Johnny Cameron and the Camerons – Funky John (Atlantic)
Robert Parker – Get To Steppin’ (Island)
Willie Henderson and the Soul Explosions – Off Into a Black Thing (Brunswick)
Soul Continentals – Goobah (Sound Stage 7)
Pazant Brothers – Skunk Juice (RCA)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners/Larry Grogan – Groove In 85MB Mixed MP3

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Greetings all 

Just when you thought you were out, they pulled you back in again!

What you see before you today is a very special bonus mix in this year’s Funky16Corners 2016 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

Back a few months ago, when I was just getting things organized for this year’s event, I started out by putting together one funk mix, and one Northern Soul mix.

Then, taken by inspirado, I decided to slide the funky mix to the side and make two, related Northern mixes, which is what I ended up posting.

So, last week, as the Allnighter was winding up, I thought, ‘Hey…why not go ahead and post that funky mix?”

I’d been listening to it a lot in the car, and thought you folks might want to hear it to,

So, in furtherance of the idea that a tasty mix should be served when ripe, I bring you ‘Groove In’, in which we try to balance on that narrow ledge where soul was morphing into funk, with a few detours into out-and-out funk 45 action.

There are a lot of cool records in this one, and I hope you dig it.

I’ll be back later in the week with a return to routine posting.

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Everyone that donates will get the new 2016 Funky16Corners badge and bumpersticker, with which you can adorn the garment and flat surface of your choosing.

Also, everyone that donates will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of the new 45 by the M-Tet!

So pull down the ones and zeros, dig deep and Keep the Faith!

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Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, June 19, 2016 11:25 am

Larry Grogan – Kings

Artistics – So Much Love In My Heart (Okeh)
Millionaires – A Rather Hip Shing (Philips)
Volcanos- You’re Number One (Arctic)
Sims Twins – A Losing Battle (Omen)
Spirit of St Louis – Wait Until Tomorrow (Philips)
Eddie Purrell – The Spoiler (Volt)
The Spellbinders – A Little On the Blue Side (Columbia)
Bobby Bland – Shoes (Duke)
Bull and the Matadors – Move With the Groove (Toddlin’ Town)
Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers – It’s Growing (Gordy)
Billy Leonard – Tell Me Do You Love Me (Fairmount)
George Guess – No Matter What (Pearl Harbor)
Olympics – Baby Do the Philly Dog (Mirwood)
Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers – I’m Gonna Give Her All the Love I Got (Wand)
Marketts – Stirrin’ Up Some Soul (WB)
Trade Martin – Moanin’ (RCA)
Bobby Newton – Do the Whip (Mercury)
The Groovers – I Got To Go Now (Up On the Floor) (Groovy)

Listen/Download – Larry Grogan – Kings 103MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all 

Welcome back to the Funky16Corners 2016, Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

Today I give you the final mix of this year’s Allnighter, the complementary/second half of this years mix from yours truly, ‘Kings’.

This is an hour of the finest male soul 45s – all dancers – from the classic era. You get soul from Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Los Angeles, St Louis, Memphis and Houston, all with the sounds to put some pep in your step.

Make sure to spin this one with the ‘Queens’ mix posted on 6/5 for the full effect.

I want to thank all the selectors that participated this year for putting together these great mixes, as well as everyone that donated.

If you haven’t donated, please click on the Paypal link and drop something in the bucket to help cover the 2016 operating costs.

Don’t forget to click that Paypal button and donate, and we’ll be back later in the week with some more of the soul and funk goodness you’ve come to expect from Funky16Corners!

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Your donations help to keep Funky16Corners up and running, with the blog, Funky16Corners Radio Show podcast and hundreds of hours of archived mixes.

Everyone that donates will get the new 2016 Funky16Corners badge and bumpersticker, with which you can adorn the garment and flat surface of your choosing.

Also, everyone that donates will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of the new 45 by the M-Tet!

So pull down the ones and zeros, dig deep and Keep the Faith!

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Keep the faith

Larry

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Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived! The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock. They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US). Click here to go to the ordering page.

PS Head over to Iron Leg too.